# 2006 CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup

The 2006 CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup was the seventh edition of the CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup, and also acted as a qualifier tournament for the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup. The final tournament took place in the United States between November 19 and 27, 2006. The United States and Canada received byes into the semi-finals of the tournament after contesting the final of the 2002 Gold Cup, while four other spots were determined through regional qualification.
The United States won the competition with Canada, as the runner-up. Both teams automatically qualified for the 2007 Women's World Cup, while third place Mexico lost to AFC fourth-place finisher Japan in a play-off for a spot.

## Teams

| Pre-qualified  United States  Canada | North and Central America Qualifying  Mexico  Panama | Caribbean Qualifying  Jamaica  Trinidad and Tobago |

## Qualification
### UNCAF/NAFU Qualifying

The group winners qualified for the Gold Cup finals.
Group A
| Team | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts |
| Mexico | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 6 |
| Nicaragua | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 3 |
| El Salvador | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 0 |
| Belize | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Group B
| Team | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts |
| Panama | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 |
| Guatemala | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
| Costa Rica | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Honduras | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### CFU Qualifying

Also known as the Women's Caribbean Cup, there were two spots available for the 22 teams taking part.

#### Preliminary round

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Barbados | 0–1 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0–1 | 0–0 |
| Cayman Islands | 1–3 | Netherlands Antilles | 1–2 | 1–0 |
| British Virgin Islands | 1–8 | U.S. Virgin Islands | 1–3 | 0–5 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | w.o. | Bahamas | | |
| Grenada | w.o. | Guyana | | |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | w.o. | Montserrat | | |
* $^^$$^^$$^^$ Bahamas, Guyana and Montserrat withdrew.
Antigua and Barbuda won 1–0 on aggregate.
Netherlands Antilles won 3–1 on aggregate.
US Virgin Islands won 8–1 on aggregate.

#### First round

The group winners, in bold, qualified for the final round. Haiti were unable to participate in group B, as they were denied entry to the hosting country Aruba, and thus a play-off between the winners of group B, Suriname, and Haiti was arranged. Haiti won the play-off, but Suriname qualified as best runners-up owing to goal difference, along with Bermuda.
Group A :
| Country | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| Dominican Republic | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | +11 |
| Bermuda | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | +5 |
| U.S. Virgin Islands | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | −3 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 11 | −11 |
Group B :
| Country | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| Haiti were denied entry, but were allowed play-off with group winners Suriname |||||||||
| Suriname | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | +9 |
| Netherlands Antilles | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 8 | −5 |
| Aruba | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | −4 |
Group C :
| Country | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| Jamaica | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | +27 |
| Saint Lucia | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 8 | −3 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 16 | −11 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 16 | −13 |
Group D :
| Country | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 1 | +19 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +4 |
| Dominica | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | −8 |
| Grenada | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 17 | −15 |
Group A
Group B
Playoff
Group C
Group D

#### Final round

Trinidad & Tobago hosted the final round, consisting of two groups of three teams, between September 6 and 10. The winner of each group, in bold, have qualified for the Gold Cup finals.

##### Group A

| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | +11 |
| Dominican Republic | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 | −5 |
| Suriname | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | −6 |

##### Group B

| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| Jamaica | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | +10 |
| Haiti | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 |
| Bermuda | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12 | −12 |

## Final tournament
### Semifinals

Winners qualified for 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup.

### Third place play-off

Winner advanced to AFC–CONCACAF play-off.

### Final
## Awards

* 2006 Women's Gold Cup winners
* United States Sixth title